Why Impositions are punishments

 

There are many reasons for simple tasks being punishments. We will explore some of them for giving you ideas for improving its value as deterrents.

Because they are forced

The first reason is that impositions are forced on you. You have to do it because someone with authority decided so. No matter what you want to do, no matter if you like the task, no matter if you are tired or if you had enough, you have to do it because somebody ordered so and because you risk a more severe punishment if you rebel. There is no choice. And choice is very important. A person can go to incredible lengths of effort if it is his or her own choice, and resent the same task is it is not. Being voluntary is the main difference between a hobby and hard work. That is what allows many everyday tasks be converted into punishments. Making a coffee for somebody you love is trivial, and can be also pleasant. Making it because this same person commanded you to do it, isn’t.

The physical effort

Some impositions are devised for making the punished work physically. Many cause also some physical discomfort or even pain. When finishing them, the subject will be tired and sore.

People usually avoid physical efforts and discomfort, even when it is a reward in doing them. The typical example is exercising. Most people don’t exercise, even when knowing that it will improve his or her health and looks, because of the physical effort it requires.

So, submitting to do something that you’d rather not do, to an effort that you would usually avoid with no reward but the dom’s pardon is perceived as a punishment.

And, of course, people (even weird ones as us) try to avoid pain.

The boredom

The carnivorous (or omnivorous, as ourselves) mammals, that spend little time feeding, have a lot of free time, and are active and inquiring. To be a long time doing some repetitive, uninteresting and forced task is not fun. There are usually many interesting things happening around you which call your attention, but you have to concentrate in what you are doing. If you are punished by keeping a position, as when doing corner time, kneeling or sitting still, you will be a long time just there with nothing to do, and it also is no fun. If you hear some sound or detect some sign of activity behind or around you, you will be tempted to turn and look, and the temptation grows as time goes by. If you hear nothing, the drive to look for checking if the top is there will be overwhelming. The temptation to speak, for asking for release, will also grow with time.

The uncertainty or the anticipation

Many times the imposition is just a prelude to a harsher punishment. The severity of the impositions can be increased if the punished doesn't know if it will be the only punishment, or if it just the preparation for a harder chastisement.

If you were sent to the corner or forced to kneel without knowing the extent of the punishment, you will feel the anguish of anticipating the pain of a possible flogging, but also the hope of being released without further suffering. The uncertainty is, in itself, a punishment. And the longer the imposition, the greater the anguish.

If , instead, you know that the imposition is only a prelude for a flogging, you will suffer from the anticipation of the pain, of what will happen next. If you know you can't avoid being spanked, you want it to happen as soon as possible. The waiting is worse than the pain. And if you are looking at a wall, with nothing to distract you, or if the task you are doing is boring, the anticipation will make your imagination run wild, and you will suffer the spanking over and over again.

 

Your choice: Anticipation or uncertainty.

The humiliation

Being forced to do something is humiliating. Being under another’s authority is humiliating, because it goes against your will and your independence, which most adults cherish. It is also humiliating because you are in a predicament that reminds that of a small child. Usually, only children receive punishments. Adults shouldn't. And the humiliation is more intense if you misbehaved, and you know you deserve the punishment.

Remember these considerations when punishing with restrictions and impositions, so you can get the maximum effect on them.
 

Published: 09/21/05